About Mark
Mark Tarre
News Chief
Mark Tarre is an editor and journalist with experience across newsroom, public relations, and digital publishing. He has worked across different organisations on editorial and content-led projects. He holds a journalism degree.
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OpenAI acquires TBPN to expand media and strategy reach
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ai
OpenAI buys TBPN, adding Silicon Valley's influential daily tech talk show to its Strategy team while pledging editorial independence.
Anaxi, Carnegie Mellon study AI data value, revenue models
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martech
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physical security
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supply chain
Anaxi Labs and Carnegie Mellon probe how AI agents and datasets should be priced as generative tools reshape search, advertising and subscriptions.
OpenAI raises USD $122 billion in record AI funding
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saas
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semiconductors
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digital transformation
OpenAI secures USD $122 billion in funding as Amazon, Nvidia and SoftBank back a rapid expansion in compute, enterprise tools and product plans.
Intel releases neural texture compression SDK for game devs
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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intel
Intel launches neural texture compression SDK to help game developers cut texture storage and memory use, with up to 17x savings.
Anthropic finds emotion patterns shape Claude's behaviour
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llms
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ai
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ai ethics & governance
Anthropic finds emotion-linked internal patterns in Claude Sonnet 4.5 can nudge blackmail and cheating, offering new clues for AI safety.
Delinea names Scott Goree to lead global partner strategy
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storage
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pam
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cloud security
Delinea appoints former Optiv and Skyhigh Security executive Scott Goree as Senior Vice President of Channel and Alliances to boost global partner sales.
Cloud security experts warn of control plane risks
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firewalls
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data protection
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hybrid cloud
Cloud security specialists say organisations must rethink defences as control plane exposure, swelling telemetry and fragmented tools create fresh risks.
Agentic AI raises new cybersecurity and privacy risks
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data protection
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digital transformation
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martech
Norton Rose Fulbright warns that AI agents could intensify privacy and security challenges for Asian companies as data moves across systems and borders.
Orange Business names Edmond Wong Asia-Pacific President
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
Orange Business promotes Edmond Wong to Asia-Pacific president as Nick Lambert retires after nearly seven years, signalling a smooth internal handover.
New Relic appoints Masakiyo Furudate to head Japan
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data protection
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
New Relic names Masakiyo Furudate Group Vice President as it steps up Japan investment, adds a local data centre and expands AI tools.
Salesforce adds Slackbot features to boost CRM work
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crm
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digital transformation
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martech
Salesforce expands Slackbot with meeting notes, voice input and CRM updates, pitching the tool as a conversational hub for workplace apps.
Agoda opens Bangkok technology hub for nearly 4,000
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clean technologies
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sustainability
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smart building
Agoda opens Bangkok technology hub to unite nearly 4,000 staff in a seven-floor office at One Bangkok, boosting regional operations and collaboration.
Zendesk names Bikram Mazumdar VP Asia to drive growth
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saas
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digital transformation
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cx
Zendesk appoints Bikram Mazumdar as Vice President, Asia, as it looks to accelerate AI-powered service growth across key markets in the region.
CrowdStrike & HCLTech launch continuous threat service
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data protection
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hybrid cloud
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digital transformation
CrowdStrike and HCLTech deepen cybersecurity tie-up with a service to spot, prioritise and fix threats across cloud, identity and endpoints.
Digital wallets dominate Asia-Pacific payments, study finds
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crypto
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fintech
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martech
Digital wallets still lead Asia-Pacific payments, but account-to-account rails are rising fast in Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, Global Payments says.
Businesses warned to overhaul backups amid ransomware
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data protection
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dr
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ransomware
Asia-Pacific firms warned that weak backup controls, poor endpoint hygiene and legacy systems could worsen ransomware losses and breach penalties.
Supply chain confidence falls as geopolitical risk rises
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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supply chain
Blue Yonder survey finds supply chain leaders are less confident for 2026, with geopolitical shocks exposing slower response times despite rising AI investment.
Microsoft launches Copilot Cowork for task execution
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digital transformation
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rpa
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erp
Microsoft widens Microsoft 365 Copilot with Cowork and new Researcher tools, adding Claude and OpenAI models for task execution and analysis.
Cato lets customers buy modular SASE security tools
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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digital transformation
Cato Networks rolls out modular SASE buying, letting customers start with AI Security, SD-WAN, SSE or Universal ZTNA and expand later.
Geneva Association urges firms to use cyber insurance
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dr
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ransomware
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risk & compliance
Geneva Association says cyber insurance can help firms tackle rising threats, but warns take-up remains low and SMEs are underusing cover's prevention services.